Wrench-handle.



No. 892,189. A l PATENTED JUNE 30, 1908. P. SEARLE.'

WRENCH HANDLE.' APPLICATION FILED MAR. '7, i908.

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FREDERICK SEARLE, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO GOES WRENCH COM- PANY, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

WRENCH-HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1908.

Application led March 7, 1908. Serial No.' 419,659.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK SEARLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vorcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in french-Handles, of which the following is a specification, reference being made therein to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my present invention is to provide a wrench handle with means for the ready attachment thereto of a hook, wire or loop, at any time, for the convenience of telegraph and electric light linemen, bridge builders, and others, to facilitate the hanging of the wrench upon their beltswhen working in elevated situations; also to render the means safe, efficient and durable without materially enhancing the cost of manufacture of the Wrenches. These objects I attain by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 represents a side view of a wrench having a handle that embodies my invention. Fig. 2 represents a central longitudinal section at the end of the wrench handle. Fig. 3 is a separate view of the tip-piece in front elevation. Fig. 4 represents a side view of a wrench handle showing a modification. Fig. 5 represents a separate central longitudinal section of the tip-piece and stay as made in Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 is a side view of a portion of the wrench-bar shank at the tip-attaching end.

As shown in the drawings, the wrench-bar A carrying the fixed jaw A1; the movable jaw B; the handle frame and collar C; and the jaw-adjusting screw D may all be of the usual well known or suitable construction.

A feature of my invention consists in providing a wrench-handle with a hole or opening extending transversely through the handle near its outer end; said hole being of a caliber suitable for the convenient introduction of a piece of wire of such gage as is commonly. used for telegraph wire, larger or smaller as desired; also to render this hole permanent and durable against wear, I provide metal reinforcing members connected with the tip-piece, which is fixed upon the end of the wrench bar-shank, and in some instances a tubular stay connecting the opposite reinforce members.

The construction of the parts is preferably as follows: The metal tip-piece E, into which the end 2 of the wrench-bar shank a is riveted, is provided at either side with a longitudinally projecting ear or strap 3, extending upward integrally from the rim 5, and preferably rounded at its upper extremity, as at 6. In the outer side of each of the wooden or non-metallic side-plates F, and extending upward from the end tenon 7, which fits under the rim 5 of the tip-piece, I forma shallow recess 9 that corresponds with the shape of the ear 3 on the tip-piece, and into which the ear is received outside the wood and closely fits when the parts are assembled; the exterior being finished smooth and flush With -the surface of the side-plates.

The hole 10 is formed to extend transversely through the opposite wood side-plates F and wrench-bar shank a, substantially as shown; the metal of the ear 3 at each side of the handle forming a reinforce 6 that protects the wood about the hole; this permits of the bending of a wire thrust through the hole without injury to the side-plate. The hole 10 is formed through the shank, side-plates and upwardly extended portions of the tippiece, and is located at a position above the point where the tip embraces the extremities of the handle frame and lits in contact with the tang or reduced end of the shank which is riveted intothe eye of the tip-piece; hence the hole does not interfere with the fastening of the tip-piece to the shank, nor with the support of the side-plate-tenon 7 within the rim of the tip-piece.

In some instances, if desired, a tubular metal rivet or hollow stay 12 may be inserted through the hole for uniting the opposite ends of the ear members 3; the available hole 10 being then through the hollow of the stay, which latter forms a metal lining for the passage. In some instances this tubular stay 12 can be used in lieu of the common solid rivet. In such cases the ears 3 attached to the tip-piece E, and the recess in the sideplates F, are elongated or extended to a greater degree along the sides of the handle, as represented in Fig. 4, and the tubular stay 12 is arranged therethrough, as best shown in section in Fig. 5.

The construction described provides a very efficient, convenient and desirable improvement for the purpose specified.

What I claim as of my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. Awrench handle comprising the wrenchbar shank, side-plates and tip-piece attached to the shank, said Wrench handle being rovided with a Wire-receiving hole exten( ing through the handle, said hole having a metallic reinforce about its openings, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a Wrench, in combination With the Wrench-bar shank, the handle-frame and side-plates; of a tip-piece adapted to be riveted upon the end of the Wrench-bar shank, and provided with upwardly extended portions that embrace the side-plates and handle having a hole formed transversely through the tip-piece, side-plates and shank, and positioned above the point at which the tippiece connects With the reduced shank end and extremity of the handle-frame, for the purpose set forth.

' 3. In an adjustable screw Wrench of the character described, a handle comprising the Wrench-bar-shank and handle-frame fitted thereon; the non-metallic side-plates having outside recesses formed therein extending longitudinally upwards from their end tenons, and a metallic tip-piece provided With upwardly extending ears or strap members formed thereon, said ears fitting into said recesses outside the side-plates, and having a hole transversely through the tip-piece ears, side-plates and Wrench-bar-shank, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a Wrench handle of the character described, the combination with the Wrenchbar shank and handle-frame; of side-plates having lon itudinal recesses at the outer side near their oWer ends, and the metallic tippiece having upwardly extending strap-inembers or ears integrally `formed thereon; said ears fitting into the recesses on the outside of the side-plates, the several parts of the han- 'dle having an opening formed therethrough,

and a tubular stay extending through said opening With its ends rigidly secured orriveted into andr connecting the opposite ears, and said ears forming a reinforce'about the opening, the interior of the tubular stay serving as a hole for the introduction of a Wire hook or loop, for the purposes set forth.

Witness my hand this twenty-ninth day of February, 1908.

FREDERICK SEARLE. Witnesses:

CHAs. H. BURLEIGH, FRANK O. WOODLAND. 

